Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Digging at Goldcorp's Penasquito project, in Zacatecas state, Mexico. The company's president and CEO, Kevin McArthur, says the open-pit gold-silver-lead-zinc mine -- scheduled to reach full production by the end of next year --will be both Mexico's and Goldcorp's biggest project.

Goldcorp touts large, low-cost Penasquito project

Just two years after acquiring its Penasquito property in Mexico, Goldcorp (G-T, GG-n) poured its first gold from the project’s oxide circuit and expects the planned open-pit mine to reach full produc…


EXCHANGE RATES (October 13, 2008)

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Oct. 6 Oct. 3 Oct. 2 Oct. 1 Sept. 30 US$ in C$ 1.1027 1.0812 1.0769 1.0609 1.0599 C$ in US$ 0.9069 0.9249 0.9286 0.9426 0.94…



TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE – SEPT. 30-OCT. 6

Relentless volatility and steep declines dragged the TSX Composite Index to levels not seen since 2005 over the Sept. 30-Oct. 6 trading period. Although the U. S. government finally passed a sweetened…


TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE – SEPT. 30-OCT. 6

The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index fared no better than any other exchange over the Sept. 30-Oct. 6 trading session. While the board saw a 33-point gain on the first day of the week, every other …



Esperanza Silver geologist Aristides Chavez (left) and field technician Beltran Chacua, discoverers of the company's San Luis gold-silver deposit, in Peru. The company also holds the Cerro Jumil gold project in Mexico's Morelos state, where prefeasibility work is underway.

Esperanza advances Cerro Jumil

Esperanza Silver (EPZ-v) has tabled the first resource estimate for its Cerro Jumil gold project in Mexico’s Morelos state, and is now in prefeasibility-study mode.


Drill core from the discovery hole at MAG Silver's Juanacipio project, in Mexico's Zacatecas state. The interval from the Valdecanas vein displays epithermal vein textures.

MAG Silver: In models we trust

Vancouver — Over five years, MAG Silver (MAG-T, MVG-x) has charted an impressive course for a Canadian junior, acquiring a half-dozen, primarily silver properties in Mexico, building its bank account…



Miners still waiting on DRC review

Investors and onlookers alike will have to hold their collective breath a little longer as completion of the mining contract review in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been delayed.



TSX VENTURE SHORT POSITIONS (October 13, 2008)

Short positions outstanding at Sept. 30/08 (with changes from Sept. 15/08). Largest short positions Gold Wheaton Gold GLW 2734100 1252188 Largo Resources LGO 1299500 563000 Westernza…


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